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My mate has just won a trip to vegas on june 30th from playing pub poker, so I have finally talked the wife round to letting me go with him!

I know there is probably 100's threads on vegas but I would just like a bit advice on places to avoid and places worth playing poker. I know WSOP is on but those events our not covered by our bankroll!!

all in put welcome

Don't bother walking further North than Encore.  By day, there's nothing there worth going to anyway.  By night, you won't feel too safe either.  Downtown, don't venture away from Fremont St Canopy.

The main poker action is going to be Venetian/Pallazzo/Bellagio/Caesars/Rio/MGM/Aria/Wynn.  Downtown is Nugget/Binions.  Once you have gone through that lot, you will have a better idea of what's what and searching out places you like/don't like should be all part of the fun for your first trip.

There are iphone apps, websites, magazines, threads on Blonde etc that cover the cheap shove-fest tournaments at random casinos also.

Here's some advice from Adam Richmond...

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcTmCVYLCok

This thread has a bundle of info on everything Vegas

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=56335.0 (http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=56335.0)

This is most of the stuff that's on while you're there

Spreadsheet of all 2012 Festivals

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoMaiIIMBl1zdEdObUQwSElMelR6UUlkblpRM2hHNlE#gid=0


WSOP

http://www.wsop.com/2012/

http://www.wsop.com/tourney/tourneydetails.asp?groupID=887


Binions Classic

http://www.binions.com/gaming/poker_classic.php


Golden Nugget Grand Poker Series

http://www.goldennugget.com/LasVegas/pdf/grand_poker_2012.pdf


Venetian

http://www.venetian.com/uploadedFiles/The_Venetian/Content_Blocks/Gaming/Deepstack_Extravaganza/2012_Deep_Stack_III/DEEPSTACKEXTRAVAGANZAIII.pdf


Caesars Megastack

12pm NLH Tournaments

http://www.caesarspalace.com/casinos/caesars-palace/casino-misc/poker-mega-stack-summer-2012-noon-detail.html


4pm Turbo NLH, PLO/08 Tournaments

http://www.caesarspalace.com/casinos/caesars-palace/casino-misc/poker-mega-stack-summer-2012-4pm-detail.html

Dont waste your time or money with fancy restaurants, get yourself to Planet Hollywood and lookout for this sign.

(http://0.tqn.com/d/govegas/1/0/0/v/1/earlofsandwich.jpg)

thanks for the tip on going further north than encore


The hotel that he won in his prize was the Pallazzo so thats pretty handy thanks

Thanks I think this spreadsheet should come in very useful

Never been here.

I will rectify this in about 9 days time.

Can't watch clip as at work but assume its Hash House Agogo? 
Get a taxi and go it is simply incredible.

http://www.hashhouseagogo.com/vegas/menu/

Caesars palace has plenty going on good tourneys , steady cash games ,pussy cat dolls pit ,plenty restaurants , outback steak house across the road , the steak house in ballys n bills gambling hall is good too ,the bar in bills is good too
Don't go wandering too far off the strip ,if you go downtown stay in the main areas ,there's a load of us going to the nugget from the 20 Th June ,good tourneys there plenty chips n a decent clock

defo off here, ty.

I look forward to a trip report.

I will be interested to see if you agree with Milligan, that it is better than the amazing selection of good restaurants in Vegas, or if you agree with me that it is no more than a mediocre sarnie only slightly above the Tesco Finest range.

<3 Milligan

Sandwiches are sandwiches to me, I base Milligans appraisal of the place on the fact he's a tight crabfat and just doesn't like spending stripclub tokens on food (which is surprising) ;popcorn;

 

I'm in the Palazzo from the 1st, great resort with brilliant restaurants and of course Grand Lux which is the business!!

I'm with Stuart on this one.  I prefer Capriottis, but ultimately, they are sarnies ~ ok for a pit stop.  Places like HashHouse or Peppermill are also medicore with oversized portions seemingly the main attraction. For a few dollars more, there are a many many great dining options that don't break the bank.

Other year i went for 5 nights, whilst i predominantly drank the whole time, I only consumed food from one other establishment the once.

Its like Subway x 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000

Mediocre and EoS in the same sentence brought a tear to my eye Stu.

Marky its not just a sammich, its THEEEEEEE Sammich. *ding dong think thats your Chinese at the door mate.

Oh and btw, my second fav place is:

(http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/ed/96/ba/fat-burger-on-the-strip.jpg)

Must admit they are not the biggest fans of cleaning the floors in there, but it tastes ace.

The food snobs below probs don't rate it though.

You are a man of good taste Milligan. Looking forward to visiting EoS in two weeks time :)

Best burger IMO is at the snack bar at binions ,followed closely by munch munch ( free wifi also) in Caesars next to to poker room

Subway x infinity doesn't really carry much weight :D

Even if it's 'the sammich' it is still a sandwich and the kind of thing I'd scoop up at 6am on the way back from the OG

Takeaways in Dorchester are in mourning at present, they're collectively about a ton down a week while I am back on the wagon until Vegas ;)

Agree completely!!!  I went to HashHouse in November after hearing so many rave reviews and would never go again.  Meh at best, but they hide the fact by giving you a huge mound of meh on your plate making you think it's value.

Hashhouse was dreadful, really dreadful, in my opinion, and I love my food....

the lunch buffet at the wynn was pretty meh too,this really suprised me !

bellagiobreakfast n lunch buffet good,aria dinner buffet good .rio the same

im pretty sure eos wernt that good ,ive stayed at planet hollywood 3 times their buffets ok

one other thing at end of june its 100 degrees outside ,damn hot real hot

this does have one advantage    the ladies dont wear much so theres some good sights to see

There's a HHAGG in the Imperial Palace, just go there. Saves on taxi fares and food is awesome.

Agree, don't do it. TBH it vaguely resembles food.

EofS is the nuts and excellent value

for big choice on a budget try the hotel buffet (some do a champagne Brunch on a Sunday)

oh and Caesars food court for lunch choices from around the world.

Cafe at Wynn nowhere near as good as Grand Lux and overpriced too.

Denny's (Casino Royal) seemed very popular at 2am,but I was too drunk to remember the food.

 rotflmfao  Drunken soakage at 2am is always good, no matter how bad it is.

Best burgers...

Forget In'n'Out Burger and Fatburger.

Look at (and then forget) BLT @ Mirage, Le Burger @ Paris, Burger Place @ Mandalay, Stripburger.

Try out Holsteins @ Cosmo.  (Also the Colorado Burger @ Bellagio Snax is ok for the 'value hunters')

For the real winners, go to Delomonicos (Venetian) or Carnevino (Palazzo) at lunchtime and try their burgers.  Doesn't have to be super-formal, can eat at their bar area, only a few dollars more.  Come back and tell me Fatburger was better.

The thing is it's all subjective much like steaks, everyone has their favourite gaff and people are never going to have the same opinions on what they perceive to be best.

Can't say I remember having a burger anywhere other than the Burger Palace at IP after coming out of the Karaoke Club leathered :D

This was my first port of call when I got up every afternoon when I stayed at PH. Stay away from the cash games in there tho, tag teams all over the place.

Lol tag teams never heard them called that before. Come across a couple in the Monte Carlo, one of them a drunk man and wife team, pulling faces at each other. Earl of sandwich OK would'nt go overboard about it.  Bills casino near Ballys good food and 2 1/2 pints jugs of excellent miller light for $7. Use service bus for getting up and down strip and even downtown. $7 24 hour pass and they run all night. Harley davidson bar food ok nice spot watching it all go by. Beer expensive though $9 bottle of Corona, which pisses you off when you can get it downtown for $2. Enjoy.

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I thought Hash House was ok, went to the one on Sahara west of the strip.

Regarding Burgers, In n Out and Fatburger are fast food chains really. They are better than McDonalds etc imo but you are obv going to get a better burger in a restaurant.

For the same money, Fatburger/In'n'Out >>>> McDs/Dennys (even with staff discount..  ;whistle;)

By the same logic, rather than paying $15 in BLT, wander over the road and pay $15 in Delmonico/Carnevino.  People are queuing down the corridor to get into BLT (and it really isn't great) whilst Delmonicos is empty.

It isn't about balla or food snobbery or anything else.  If you are going to spend $3 on a burger, get the best $3 burger there is.  If you are going to spend $15, may as well get the best $15 one available.

Now I'm plotting up in the Palazzo for a while I will try lunch at both spots I think :)

But did you try the $5 shake?

One look at me and you would know the answer...  ;ashamed;

Which cafe?? GL is pretty terrible with a very few exceptions, order with experience and you will have an ok meal, order blind and you will have a terrible meal.

Fat Burger is awesome. no doubt.

Society Cafe @ Encore was pretty good spot for lunch ~ not saying it wouldn't be for other meals, I just didn't eat there at any other time of day.  Nowhere near as wide a menu as GL, but plenty to choose from.  They were doing bento-style lunch choices (small salad, slider, dessert) which hit the right spot.

Seems to be going on a food trip, i struggled to get a really good English fry up.  Is their one? Tried the breakfast buffets not for me, could'nt do with folk eating creampies and sweetcorn at this time of day.

Theres an Irish themed bar next to Orleans Casino called Mulligans? They do fry ups. Crown & Anchor bar do Footy and have english breakkie on menus.

For Delboy...

Yeah Society is the absolute nuts, eat here at least every other WSOP dinner break but probably more often.

I heard loads of good things about this place but found it very ordinary, and a shyte hole inside lols

They now have a much more contempary bar/seating area on the strip